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Midterm Flashcards

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12 Bar Blues Form

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  • Used in blues, jazz, rock and roll, etc
  • a repeated twelve-bar chord progression. This is called “12-Bar Blues”
  • In whatever key you are in, 12-bar blues uses the same basic sequence of I, IV, and V chords.
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AB Form (Verse-Chorus)

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Structure: two or three verses

a second distinct musical idea, called a chorus

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Backbeat

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a percussive accent on the second and fourth beats of the bar, which traditionally are considered the weaker beats in the meter.

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Bar

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the unit of measurement in time that forms the basis of meter; eachbar is broken down into beats

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Beat

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an even pulse

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Bridge

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a section in a song that provides contrast to other more predominant sections, such as the verse or chorus

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Chord

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is any harmonic set of pitches consisting of two or more notes that are heard as if sounding simultaneously

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Chorus

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the section of the song that is repeated after the verse, usually offering the title line and melodic material that is easy to recall

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Contrasting Verse-Chorus

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Distortion

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a buzzing, crunchy, or fuzzy tone colour originally achieved by overdriving the vacuum tubes of a guitar amplifier. The effect can be created today by solid state and digital sound processors.

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Form

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Form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.

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Genre

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a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

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Instrumentation

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the particular instruments used in a piece of music; the manner in which a piece is arranged for instruments.

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Meter

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grouping of beats into a measure or bar

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Reverb

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Echo

“The persistence of sound after a sound is produced”

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Rhythm

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the patterns that occur in the temporal domain, as the musical gestures occur in relation to the beats of the meter

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Riff

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a short and distinctive melodic and rhythmic figure. It is not a complete melody or phrase, but it may be used as a recurring gesture that guides the for

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Simple Verse-Chorus

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  • Songs that use the same harmony (chords) for the verse and chorus, such as the twelve bar blues
  • though the melody is different and the lyrics feature different verses and a repeated chorus
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Strophic Form (“simple verse form”)

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Each section of a song can be given a letter
Ie: AABA
Simple verse form = same melody & chord progression

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Tempo

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the speed of the beat/music

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Timbre

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Refers to the sound of a note or pitch

We use words like smooth, rough, sweet, dark

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Verse

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a section that often features new lyrics with each repetition within a song, unlike the chorus which repeats the same lyrics in each statement

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Elvis Presley (1950s only)

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Folk rock

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Folk rock is a hybrid music genre combining elements of folk music and rock music
mid-1960s.

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Payola

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the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings

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Alan Freed

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  • Radio (personality) DJ Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1952: one of the first to play R&B records for a white audience
  • Would have black artists, White kids as the audience
  • Payola scandal
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Pat Boone

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  • Recorded a bunch of hits from black singers - more successful
  • Easy sell to a mainstream pop market
  • Major star, well-known cover artist
  • Brought a conservative respectability to the music’s image
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Blues Rock

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  • Simplicity and repetition; riff-based
  • Core instrumentation: electric guitar(s), electric bass, drums, vocals
  • Other instruments: piano, organ, horns, percussion
  • A generally aggressive vocal style
  • Strong backbeat
  • Blues-based harmonic structures (i.e. 3-chord, 12-bar blues form)
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Sam Phillips

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Indie DJ; studio owner; producer

Produced Elvis

30
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American Bandstand

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Like the 50s R&R radio shows, but for TV
Filmed in Philly, nationally syndicated as of 57’
Dick Clark as the host
Focus on dancing

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Surf Music

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Eclectic influences
Black doo wop, white vocal groups, Chuck Berry, Wall of Sound
Inspired by Spector’s production style: huge influence on Brian Wilson

Song topics up to 64’: cars, girls, surfing

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Bob Dylan

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Famous American singer-songwriter
originnally folk moved to rock
portest singer

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Phil Spector

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  • First person to become famous as this kind of producer

- Helped innovate a few specific musical styles

34
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Bo Diddley

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Influential blues-to-rock figure
Chess Records
Ex: Bo Diddley - “I’m a Man” (1955)
Hyper masculinity

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The Rolling Stones

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originally a blues cover band

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Baroque Pop

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A subgenre that emerges in the early-to-mid 60s

Pop-rock and classical instrumentation and arrangements (strong, wind, brass)

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Eric Clapton

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Part of the London blues scene from the early 1960s
Member of The Yardbirds
First rock “guitar hero”

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The Beatles

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39
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Skiffle

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a kind of folk music with a blues or jazz flavor that was popular in the 1950s

played by a small group and often incorporating improvised instruments such as washboards.

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Singer-songwriter

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describes singers who perform their own music

The emphasis is on lyrics and melody

41
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“That’s All Right”

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Elvis Presley
1954
country, R&B, pop

42
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“Maybellene”

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Chuck Berry
1955
Rockabilly

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“Green Onions”

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Booker T and the MGs
1962
Instrumental rock

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“Miserlou”

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Dick Dale and the Del-Tones
1962
Instrumental surf rock

45
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“Be My Baby”

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The Ronettes
1964
Pop

46
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“Surfin’ USA”

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The Beach Boys
1963
Surf music

47
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“Please Please Me”

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The Beatles
1963
Pop rock, beat music

48
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“Tom Dooley”

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The Kingston Trio
1958
Folk

49
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“My Tambourine Man”

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The Byrds
1965
Rock

50
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“Little Red Rooster”

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The Rolling Stones
1965
R&B, rock

51
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“Sound of Silence”

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Simon & Garfunkel
1964
Acoustic folk rock

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Wanda Jackson

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One of only a few 50s female rock and rollers
Gender norms (women needed to be at home)
RnR too raunchy
Lots of attitude & grit

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